Point Guard Crystal Dangerfield Commits To UConn Women

A lamp with UConn's new logo adorns the ceiling of one of the locker rooms at the new Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center

A lamp with UConn's new logo adorns the ceiling of one of the locker rooms at the new Werth Family UConn Basketball Champions Center (John Woike)

JOHN ALTAVILLAjaltavilla@courant.com

Crystal Dangerfield commits to UConn

UConn has landed its first recruit in the Class of 2016 and it is Crystal Dangerfield, a 5-foot-5 point guard from Murfreesboro, Tenn.

“I am blessed to be able to say that I committed to UConn this weekend,” Dangerfield announced on Twitter Sunday evening.

Dangerfield has been a priority of the Huskies as the likely successor of Moriah Jefferson, now a junior. Dangerfield committed after completing her visit to UConn this weekend. She attended Friday’s first night wearing a UConn sweatshirt to the ceremony.

Dangerfield, rated No. 3 in her class, is the first UConn recruit from Tennessee, once the top rival of the program. And although she still had plenty of time to think about it, she chose the Huskies over LSU, Maryland, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and Mississippi.

Dangerfield plays at Blackman High, which was 34-1 last season and win the Class 3A championship. She averaged 14.5 points, 3.6 assists, and 2.9 steals.

She also played for USA Basketball’s 2013 U-16 team that won gold at the FIBA Americas. She made it to the final cut for the U-17 and U-18 teams. On the U-16 team, Dangerfield was a teammates of two future UConn teammates, Katie Lou Samuelson and De’Janaey Boykin, who join the Huskies next season.

In addition, Blue Star reported early on Sunday that UConn offered a scholarship to high school sophomore Andra Hunter-Espinosa who plays for Blair Academy in New Jersey.